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Songs from the Year 1947

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1947

This page lists the top songs of 1947 in the source charts. The way that the various charts are combined to reach this final list is described on the in the site generation page.

Between 1920 and 1940 there are few available charts (at least that we can find), hence these results should be treated with caution since, with few exceptions, they are based on fairly subjective charts.

During this era music was dominated by a number of "Big Bands" and songs could be attributed to the band leader, the band name, the lead singer or a combination of the them. It is common, for example, to see the same song listed with three different artists. And, just to stop us from getting bored, the success of a song was tied to the sales of sheet music, so a popular song would often be perfomed by many different combinations of singers and bands and the contemporary charts would list the song, without clarifying whose version was the major hit. Where we have found such issues we have attempted to consolidate the entries using the most widely accepted value for the artist in each case.

#	Artist	Song Title	Year	Chart Entries
1	Jerry Murad's Harmonicats	Peg o' My Heart	1947	US Billboard 1 - Apr 1947 (26 weeks), US 1940s 1 - Apr 1947, US 1 for 4 weeks Jun 1947, Grammy Hall of Fame in 1999, Brazil 11 of 1947, POP 17 of 1947, RYM 55 of 1947
2	Perry Como	Chi-Baba, Chi-Baba (My Bambino Go to Sleep)	1947	US Billboard 1 - May 1947 (13 weeks), US 1940s 1 - Jun 1947, US 1 for 3 weeks Jun 1947, Australia 1 for 1 months May 1948, US BB 13 of 1947, POP 21 of 1947, Brazil 80 of 1948
3	Francis Craig	Near You	1947	US Billboard 1 - Aug 1947 (25 weeks), US 1940s 1 - Sep 1947, US 1 for 12 weeks Sep 1947, US BB 6 of 1947, POP 14 of 1947, Brazil 24 of 1947, Europe 85 of the 1940s, RIAA 355
4	Vaughn Monroe	Ballerina	1947	US Billboard 1 - Nov 1947 (22 weeks), US 1940s 1 - Nov 1947, US 1 for 10 weeks Dec 1947, US BB 7 of 1947, POP 7 of 1947, Brazil 14 of 1947, Europe 56 of the 1940s
5	Tex Williams & The Western Caravan	Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! (That Cigarette)	1947	US Billboard 1 - Jul 1947 (17 weeks), US 1940s 1 - Jul 1947, US 1 for 6 weeks Aug 1947, US BB 17 of 1947, POP 19 of 1947, Brazil 20 of 1949
6	Count Basie	Open The Door, Richard!	1947	US Billboard 1 - Feb 1947 (7 weeks), US 1940s 1 - Feb 1947, US 1 for 1 week Feb 1947, US BB 14 of 1947, POP 23 of 1947, Brazil 83 of 1947
7	Frank Sinatra	Mam'selle	1947	US Billboard 1 - May 1947 (10 weeks), Australia 1 for 1 months Oct 1947, US 1940s 6 - May 1947, US BB 12 of 1947, POP 12 of 1947, Brazil 30 of 1947, RYM 50 of 1947
8	Art Lund	Mam'selle	1947	US Billboard 1 - Apr 1947 (13 weeks), US 1940s 1 - Apr 1947, US 1 for 2 weeks Jun 1947, POP 12 of 1947, Brazil 28 of 1947
9	James Baskett	Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah	1947	US BB 1 of 1947, Oscar in 1947, POP 1 of 1947, AFI 47
10	Freddy Martin	Managua, Nicaragua	1947	US Billboard 1 - Jan 1947 (13 weeks), US 1940s 1 - Feb 1947, US 1 for 2 weeks Mar 1947, Brazil 48 of 1947
11	Arthur Godfrey	Too Fat Polka (I Don't Want Her-You Can Have Her-She's Too Fat For Me)	1947	US Billboard 2 - Nov 1947 (18 weeks), US 1940s 2 - Nov 1947, US BB 2 of 1947, POP 3 of 1947, Brazil 86 of 1948, Europe 98 of the 1940s
12	Ted Weems	Heartaches	1947	US 1940s 1 - Mar 1947, US 1 for 12 weeks Mar 1947, US BB 11 of 1947, POP 20 of 1947, Brazil 29 of 1947
13	Frankie Laine	That's My Desire	1947	Grammy Hall of Fame in 1998, US Billboard 4 - Mar 1947 (26 weeks), US 1940s 7 - Jul 1947, RYM 40 of 1946, Europe 43 of the 1940s, Brazil 89 of 1948
14	Woody Guthrie	This Land is Your Land	1947	Grammy Hall of Fame in 1989, RYM 2 of 1947, RIAA 3, Acclaimed 204, WXPN 258
15	Roy Acuff	Wabash Cannonball	1947	Grammy Hall of Fame in 1998, Global 7 (10 M sold) - 1942, US Billboard 12 - 1938 (2 weeks), RYM 35 of 1947, RIAA 137, Acclaimed 576
16	Ray Noble	Linda	1947	US Billboard 1 - Feb 1947 (23 weeks), US 1940s 2 - Mar 1947, US BB 9 of 1947, POP 16 of 1947, Brazil 63 of 1947
17	Buddy Clark	Peg o' My Heart	1947	US Billboard 1 - Jun 1947 (15 weeks), US 1940s 4 - Jul 1947, US BB 10 of 1947, POP 17 of 1947, Brazil 32 of 1947
18	Guy Lombardo	Managua, Nicaragua	1947	US Billboard 1 - Jan 1947 (15 weeks), US BB 3 of 1947, US 1940s 4 - Feb 1947, POP 8 of 1947
19	Red Ingle & The Natural Seven	Temptation (Tim-Tayshun)	1947	US Billboard 1 - Jun 1947 (15 weeks), US 1940s 2 - Jun 1947, US BB 15 of 1947, POP 15 of 1947
20	Dinah Shore	Anniversary Song	1947	US Billboard 1 - Mar 1947 (12 weeks), US 1940s 4 - Mar 1947, US BB 5 of 1947, POP 6 of 1947
21	Dick Haymes	Mam'selle	1947	Australia 1 for 1 months Oct 1947, US Billboard 3 - May 1947 (11 weeks), US 1940s 4 - May 1947, Brazil 65 of 1948
22	Perry Como	When You Were Sweet Sixteen	1947	Australia 1 for 1 months Dec 1948, US Billboard 2 - Jul 1947 (19 weeks), US 1940s 2 - Aug 1947
23	Sammy Kaye	Serenade Of The Bells	1947	Australia 1 for 1 months Sep 1948, US Billboard 3 - Nov 1947 (16 weeks), US 1940s 3 - Nov 1947
24	Peggy Lee	Golden Earrings	1947	US Billboard 2 - Nov 1947 (18 weeks), US 1940s 2 - Nov 1947, Brazil 40 of 1949, Europe 78 of the 1940s
25	The Three Suns	Peg o' My Heart	1947	US Billboard 1 - Jun 1947 (19 weeks), US 1940s 2 - Jun 1947, Brazil 27 of 1948
26	Jack McVea & His Band	Open The Door, Richard!	1947	Peel list 1 of 1946, US Billboard 3 - Jan 1947 (9 weeks), US 1940s 7 - Feb 1947
27	The Three Flames	Open The Door, Richard!	1947	US Billboard 1 - Feb 1947 (8 weeks), US 1940s 4 - Feb 1947, POP 23 of 1947
28	Dizzy Gillespie	Manteca	1947	Grammy Hall of Fame in 1999, RYM 62 of 1947, Acclaimed 772
29	Bing Crosby	The Whiffenpoof Song	1947	US Billboard 7 - Nov 1947 (7 weeks), US 1940s 7 - Nov 1947, US BB 8 of 1947, POP 13 of 1947
30	Louis Jordan	Ain't Nobody Here But Us Chickens	1947	RYM 2 of 1946, POP 5 of 1947, US Billboard 6 - Jan 1947 (6 weeks)
31	The Andrews Sisters	Near You	1947	US Billboard 2 - Sep 1947 (17 weeks), US 1940s 4 - Oct 1947, Brazil 85 of 1948
32	The Andrews Sisters & Danny Kaye	Civilization (Bongo, Bongo, Bongo)	1947	US Billboard 3 - Nov 1947 (11 weeks), US 1940s 3 - Nov 1947, Brazil 54 of 1948
33	Dusty Fletcher	Open The Door, Richard!	1947	US Billboard 3 - Feb 1947 (7 weeks), US 1940s 3 - Feb 1947, Europe 94 of the 1940s
34	Dinah Shore	(I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons	1947	US Billboard 2 - Jan 1947 (16 weeks), US 1940s 6 - Jan 1947, RYM 97 of 1946
35	Frank Sinatra	Time After Time	1947	US Billboard 16 - May 1947 (5 weeks), Brazil 65 of 1947, RYM 125 of 1959, WXPN 778
36	Bing Crosby & The Andrews Sisters	There's No Business Like Show Business	1947	Australia 1 for 1 months Nov 1947, US Billboard 25 - Jul 1947 (1 weeks)
37	Al Jolson	Anniversary Song	1947	US Billboard 2 - Feb 1947 (14 weeks), US 1940s 2 - Feb 1947
38	Vaughn Monroe	I Wish I Didn't Love You So	1947	US Billboard 2 - Sep 1947 (15 weeks), US 1940s 2 - Sep 1947
39	Louis Jordan	Open The Door, Richard!	1947	US Billboard 6 - Mar 1947 (4 weeks), US 1940s 7 - Mar 1947, RYM 11 of 1947
40	Jo Stafford	Serenade Of The Bells	1947	US Billboard 6 - Dec 1947 (11 weeks), US 1940s 6 - Dec 1947, Brazil 95 of 1948
41	Eddy Howard	I Wonder, I Wonder, I Wonder	1947	US Billboard 2 - May 1947 (19 weeks), US 1940s 3 - Jun 1947
42	Sammy Kaye	That's My Desire	1947	US Billboard 2 - May 1947 (22 weeks), US 1940s 3 - Jun 1947
43	Perry Como	I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now	1947	US Billboard 2 - Aug 1947 (17 weeks), US 1940s 3 - Oct 1947
44	Louis Prima	Civilization (Bongo, Bongo, Bongo)	1947	US Billboard 8 - Oct 1947 (8 weeks), US 1940s 8 - Nov 1947, Brazil 78 of 1948
45	The Mills Brothers	Across The Alley From The Alamo	1947	US Billboard 2 - May 1947 (15 weeks), US 1940s 4 - May 1947
46	Eddy Howard	My Adobe Hacienda	1947	US Billboard 2 - Apr 1947 (15 weeks), US 1940s 4 - Apr 1947
47	Guy Lombardo	Anniversary Song	1947	US Billboard 2 - Feb 1947 (13 weeks), US 1940s 4 - Feb 1947
48	Gene Autry	Here Comes Santa Claus	1947	US 1940s 8 - Dec 1947, RYM 15 of 1947, US Billboard 24 - Jan 1950 (1 weeks)
49	Dick Haymes	I Wish I Didn't Love You So	1947	US Billboard 9 - Oct 1947 (8 weeks), US 1940s 9 - Nov 1947, Brazil 96 of 1948
50	Dick Haymes	How Are Things In Glocca Morra	1947	US Billboard 9 - Mar 1947 (5 weeks), US 1940s 9 - Mar 1947, Brazil 100 of 1947